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Gritzner, Charles F.; And Others – Curriculum Report, 1986
In the face of widespread geographic ignorance, the article applauds the improved status of geography in the schools, describing it as the science best able to meet the challenge of ensuring that students' mental maps of the world are filled in with great and accurate detail. The field is defined through a multiple definition as both a physical…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development
Download full textConroy, France H. – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
Because students who do not read and write cannot participate effectively in a democratic society, the staff of the College Skills Program at Burlington County (New Jersey) College has designed a developmental skills program in reading and writing with a social science core. The program (Social Science 100) emphasizes reading, thinking,…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Murphy, Elaine M.; Cancellier, Patricia – Interchange (Population Education Newsletter), 1982
A brief introduction to futures education, an annotated listing of resources, and three ready-to-use student activities are provided. The introduction discusses the benefits of futures education; for example, it encourages students to make responsible decisions about the future. Next, it lists a variety of techniques developed by futurists to…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Giffard, Andre; Guegnard, Christine; Strietska-Ilina, Olga – Training & Employment, 2001
A pilot study on the hotel, catering, and tourism sector was conducted in the Burgundy region of France, Northwest region of the Czech Republic, and Podravje region of Slovenia. Three main kinds of factors of change were brought out. The first, evoked in Slovenia and the Czech Republic, concerned the opening of borders. Typical trends were…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Course Content, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Pittman, Susan Peters, Ed. – ESR Journal, 1990
Dedicated to Seth Kreisberg, this document is the first journal issue of the Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR). It begins with "The Real Ropes Course: The Development of Social Consciousness" (Shelley Berman). The other articles are presented in five sections. The first section, "Our Relationship to Society," contains:…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Conflict Resolution, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Valentine, Tom, Ed.; Sandlin, Jenny, Ed. – Beyond Basic Skills: Innovative Teaching Materials for Georgia's Teachers of Adults, 1998
This document, which was developed to assist individuals working in publicly sponsored literacy programs in Georgia, offers instructional plans and practical strategies designed to help teachers help students of adult literacy, adult basic education, General Educational Development, and English as a second language understand complex social…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Murphy, Elaine M. – Interchange, 1984
Student and teacher materials are provided for a secondary unit on world hunger. The student materials are contained in a module entitled "Food and Population: A Global Concern," distributed with the newsletter "Interchange." The teacher materials are contained in the issue of the newsletter itself, subtitled "The Paradoxes of World Hunger." A…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Developed Nations
